SHIFT: Meeting Corporate Philanthropy Where It’s Headed- Influencers: NPO
INFLUENCES ON THE NOT FOR PROFIT SECTOR The recession was a wake up call. Many nonprofits were left high and dry when their sole funding stream, gov’t line items, grants or contracts, began to disappear. Many scrambled to pressure the feds, others sought funding elsewhere. Some sadly closed up or, if they were lucky, merged […]
SHIFT- Meeting Corporate Philanthropy Where It’s Headed- Influencers: CSR
THE INFLUENCE OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON CORPORATE GIVING You’ve heard me use the term Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). It is the increase in the number of corporations attemping to define and implement their CSR that is also influencing corporate philanthropy. Corporate Social Responsibility is not a new concept. It actually has been an ‘activity’ of corporations […]
SHIFT: Meeting Corporate Philanthropy Where It’s Headed- Influencers
THE INFLUENCE OF BUSINESS CRISIS ON CORPORATE GIVING You may recall that BP nearly wiped out the Louisiana and Florida coasts last year following the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. Over the course of weeks over 200 million gallons of oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico. The disaster may have been one of the worse ecological […]
SHIFT: Meeting Corporate Philanthropy Where It’s Headed- Influencers
THE INFLUENCE OF GOVERNANCE ON CORPORATE GIVING In addition to the shifts and perspectives being discussed and implemented in the business academic world, we see advancement in the environment surrounding business governance as well. ISO 26000 was implemented on September 14, 2010. For those not familiar, The ISO –a network of the national standards institutes […]
SHIFT: Meeting Corporate Philanthropy Where It’s Headed- Influencers
THE INFLUENCE OF CORPORATE THOUGHT LEADERS ON CORPORATE GIVING Corporate philanthropy has seen some radical shifts in the last twenty years. We may just now be drawing concern about what is happening, where it is headed and how do we stay engaged as these changes evolve? To understand the shifts as they appear, we need […]
On Hiring a Consultant
You’re experiencing problems in your organization. Maybe you’re losing donors. Maybe your board is not working together, not working at all, or maybe you’ve lost board members. Perhaps you are experiencing high turnover of staff. Or maybe you don’t think you are getting as much out of your staff as you think you should. Or […]
Philanthropy as business
Too often we are drawn to think about philanthropy and charities in terms of a softer, kinder model, less business focused. Because the product is not widgets, financial gains or consumables, but human caring, it is tempting to believe the business of philanthropy is just as soft and touchy/feelie. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not […]